Re: Battle for the Lytherian astroid

> from the mistakes of their ancestors.  I feel if they simply "charge"
with
> no thought to softening up tactics then they become relatively simple
> opponents to beat. In this case, there was no landing zone not initially

Since recently having done living history maneuvers with a 20' pike (15th
c. medieval re-enactment), I keep seeing lots of movies and other
situations on TV where the hero is faced by some enemy with a spear or
similar and I keep thinking... .:'(Why doesn't he just set for charge?) We
did some maneuvers and set ourselves in a double rank with 16' and 20' pike
(the 16s were in the front) and when we set, the facing was quite
formidable with many pointy things. If an enemy were charging and saw a
line up of solid pike, as would be common amongst defensive tactics in the
non-hi-tech situations, such as the Scro, most chargers would halt or be
speared (or maybe throw your buddy on a pike/use him as a shield).

Nah, if I were going to battle as the Scro, I'd start with an aerial
bombardment, using scorp ships to drop and lob rocks and boulders - maybe
even using some jettison material (sharpened sticks, caltrops in mass
quantities) and THEN proceed with the ground forces launching a 3 sided
attack with a delay on each face. But, hey, what do I know? I play too much
starcraft...